constitution, elections, election commission, reforms

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2. INTRODUCTION
• Fair electoral system for conducting fair elections
• Recuperation of the existing system
• Enhance the efficiency
• Healthy democracy
• Parliamentary democracy
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3. ELECTORAL REFORMS IN INDIA
• Federal structure
• Election commission – Article 324
• EVMs
• Universal adult franchise & Anti-defection law
• Booth capturing
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4. ELECTIONS IN INDIA
• Lokshabha, Rajyasabha, state legislative
assembly, legislative council, Local bodies
• Universal adult franchise systems of voting
• Voting by People of India
• NOTA
• Limit on poll expenses
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5. ISSUES AND CHALLANGES
• Criminalization of Politics
• Money power in election
• Regulating political parties
• Financial transparency in Political Parties
• Misuse of caste and religion for electoral gains
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6. RECOMENDATIONS
• No person can contest election who has been charged of 2 year or more
imprisonment for criminal case.
• Deregister/derecognize the party who give tickets to such person
• Reduce the cost of elections.
• Power to election commission to take deterrent actions against the political
party who use overtly religion and caste name or such words.
• Deregister the parties who does not contest to election anymore.
• Comprehensive law to regulate the transparency in finances of political party
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